Download or read book Historical Dictionary of World War II France written by Bertram M. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference work covers a range of topics - military, political, economic, social, painting, literature, music, cinema, dance, theatre, sports and daily life - related to France and her empire during World War II. Starting with the 1938 Munich Crisis and continuing through the 1940 defeat, Occupation, Vichy, Resistance, Liberation and the establishment of the post-Liberation Provisional Government, the work also addresses such legacies of the wartime experience as the role of former President Francois Mitterrand and the trial of former Vichy official Maurice Papon.